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conflict expressions

After spending the weekend in Madrid and paying a visit to the Reina Sofia art gallery to see Guernica again, I thought some phrasal verbs/ expressions related to everyday conflict could be a good idea.

5 Phrasals:

To fall out with sb – When you have an argument/ you are no longer on speaking terms. You can also make it into a noun, eg. we had a fall out/ a falling out.

To fight off – To defend yourself from an attacker, either a physical one or an illness eg. I’m fighting off a cold at the moment.

To gang up on sb – When people get together to attack an individual in a fight or a discussion.

To lay into sb – When sb attacks sb rather fiercely, with physical violence or their words.

To stand up to sb – To be confident in your position and to confront your opposition.